• Shore birds thrive in this coastal enviornment.

    Timucuan

    Ecological & Historic Preserve Florida

History of Fort Caroline

Choose a link to learn more about the history of Fort Caroline:

Timucua Indians

A Foothold in Florida

Explorers and Settlers of la Caroline

Settlement and Conflict - Spain and France in Florida

The End of the Colony

Chronology of Fort Caroline

Overview of history, French translation - L'histoire du fort

"Fort Caroline" - Students explore one of the first French settlements of the New World. (YouTube - you are leaving the NPS website.)

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Did You Know?

Cannon drawing

Jacksonville, Florida was invaded by the Union Army four separate times during the Civil War and two battles of significance were fought within the boundary of Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve. More...